Hello everyone and welcome to the history of England, episode 434, Return of the King.

I think we have previously covered sufficiently the general joy at the return of the king into London in May 1660 invited by the Convention Parliament.

It didn't consider itself a proper Parliament because it hadn't been called by the King.

And you might remember the broad outlines of the deal, which was that no conditions were to be

imposed on the King and that all acts passed without royal assent were to be null and void.

They voted money and customs and all that to the king,

and critically did what Hollis and Hazelrig should have done.

They raised the tax to pay off the army.

And the army left when they were paid,

although actually a large number of the cavalry,

maybe 30% of them walked out in disgust before that without their 30 pieces of silver. There was, of course,

the very generous act of indemnity and oblivion and pursuit of the regicides. They worked very hard

actually did the Convention Parliament.

There's a long list of acts they passed.

They even found time for an act nominating commissioners of sewers,

which is not something I remember from George Monk's list for the Declaration of Breeder,

but maybe they just smelled something fishy, or some other odour.

Who knows?

After sorting out the sewers and other things,

the Convention Parliament dissolved itself in December 1660,

and elections were called for May 1661,

which, resulting Parliament, the Cavalier Parliament, as it would become known,

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